THE FLOitAL WOULD AND G A EDEN GUIDE. 
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oble at all the good seed-shops and ironmongers. These nails are 
driven in at suitable distances, and the wires passed through them 
to form the trellis. The climbers are tied to the wires by strips of 
bass or the soft lead wire manufactured for the purpose. If a wall 
is well wired in the first instance, there need not be another nail 
<li iven or dra'vn during the whole of a lifetime. When we have had 
to cover flat paiuted wood-work with vegetation, we have obtained 
large “ pea risels,” which are simply wire hurdles strongly made, 
and fixing these firmly, have extemporized a good and lasting trellis 
at the most trifling cost, and with the least imaginable trouble. The 
figures adjoined are intended simply as suggestions of trellises 
for the rosary, or to serve as screens, or even to facilitate the play- 
ing of games on a suitable plot of grass. They offer at least two 
advantages to the owner of a country garden, that the villager 
would have no difficulty in constructing either of them, and that in 
many instances materials for the purpose might be found wholly or 
in part in the rubbish yard. 
The best “ leading article ” for all such work is unbarked larch, 
but that is by no means essential, for the clearings of the garden 
will ofttimes afford capital timber, and apple, pear, and plum, last 
long if sound, and answer admirably for rustic-work. 
It is advisable to char and pitch the ends of posts that are to be 
planted in the ground, to prevent rotting. All wire-work employed 
should be stout, and instead of galvanized wire, which is so much 
employed, we should always prefer for home-made work common 
number one iron wire, and keep it always well painted, especially 
where joined or twisted, to prevent rust. There is some wear and 
tear in work well done with such wire as this, and the cost will not 
exceed that of a lighter material in galvanized wire. 
November. 
